#1 30 Questions Ancient Greece

Question 1

Democracy in Athens came to an end after these people conquered Greece

Accepted Answer

Macedonians

Question 2

What is Oligarchy?

Accepted Answer

rule by a few people

Question 3

Name for city-state

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polis

Question 4

This person created a set of harsh laws in Athens

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Draco

Question 5

What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?

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Minoans & Mycenaeans

Question 6

Which of the following best summarizes the geography of Greece?

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a rocky, mountainous land

Question 7

What was the name of the sanctuary men traveled to to receive wisdom from the oracle?

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Delphi

Question 8

Mythology dealt with what kind of stories?

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gods, heroes & how the world works

Question 9

Who is the "father of democracy"?

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Cleisthenes

Question 10

Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?

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they provided trade routes

Question 11

A period of warfare & disorder was known as the

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Dark Ages

Question 12

Which of the following groups built an advanced society on the island of Crete?

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the Minoans

Question 13

This leader encouraged the people of his city to participate in government

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Pericles

Question 14

Who wrote the Iliad & The Odyssey?

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Homer

Question 15

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks

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became expert shipbuilders

Question 16

Short stories that teach a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live

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fables

Question 17

Aristocrats are a group of what?

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rich land owners

Question 18

This term describes the government of the United States

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representative democracy

Question 19

What is a Monarchy?

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single ruler with a king or queen

Question 20

What led to the end of the Minoan civilization?

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volcanic eruption

Question 21

Where did democracy start?

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Athens

Question 22

What is Aristocracy?

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government usually run by a few wealthy people

Question 23

A leader who held power through the use of force was called what?

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tyrant

Question 24

Where did the Olympian gods live?

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Mount Olympus

Question 25

Who was Zeus?

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King of the gods

Question 26

T/F - the Greeks believed thunder, earthquakes & volcanic eruptions stemmed from the Gods

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True

Question 27

In geographical terms, the land of Greece is a large

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peninsula

Question 28

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is considered what?

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fable

Question 29

Fables were meant to do what?

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teach life lessons

Question 30

This term is Greek for "rule of the people"

Accepted Answer

democracy

#1 30 Questions Ancient Greece

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#1 30 Questions Ancient Greece

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